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I’m an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, where I have developed the AHRC project proposal “Mapping Enslavement and Forced Labour in Colonial Latin America: Using AI to Unveil Hidden Slavery Sites and Experiences,” currently under evaluation. I’m also affiliated with the Centre de recherches sur les mondes Américains (EHESS, France) and collaborate with Lancaster University’s New Spain Fleets project.

My research focuses on early colonial Paraguay, Indigenous history, and digital humanities. I develop AI-driven methodologies to analyze colonial slavery and forced labor systems, particularly examining the experiences of enslaved Indigenous, African, and Afro-descendant peoples in 16th-19th century Paraguay. I combine Spanish paleography expertise with cutting-edge technologies like Handwritten Text Recognition and spatial analysis to uncover hidden historical narratives.

Previously, I was a Senior Research Associate for the Native Bound-Unbound Archive of Indigenous Slavery Project at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, and a Teaching Fellow in Colonial Latin American History at the University of Leeds. I served as a CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow for Data Curation at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University (2019-2020), where I developed the groundbreaking Indigenous Languages digital project.

I’ve also held policy positions with Paraguay’s Ministry of Culture (2017-2019), where I led UNESCO’s Indigenous Languages Year organization and assisted in repatriating stolen 16th-century manuscripts from the United States—work personally recognized by Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña Palacios during the official manuscript return ceremony.

I completed my PhD in Hispanic and Latin American Studies at Sorbonne University, my MA at Université Aix-Marseille, and spent time at Universidad de Granada through the ERASMUS program. I’m fluent in five languages (Spanish, French, English, Portuguese, Guarani) and serve on UKLAH’s executive board. I’ve conducted research and taught across six countries.

I share my research and findings through Indigenous Echoes, my social media initiative dedicated to promoting Indigenous history and decolonizing historical narratives, reaching over 5,300 followers across Facebook and Bluesky. You can also find my academic work on Academia.edu, where I regularly share research papers and engage with the academic community.

I share my research and findings through Indigenous Echoes, my social media initiative dedicated to promoting Indigenous history and decolonizing historical narratives, reaching over 5,300 followers across Facebook and Bluesky. You can also find my academic work on Academia.edu, where I regularly share research papers and engage with the academic community.

My 2018 book Entre la pluma y la cruz was selected as one of the best cultural items of the year by El Tiempo de Bogotá (Colombia). I regularly contribute to peer-reviewed journals, serve as a reviewer for multiple academic publications, and consult for V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project and UNESCO initiatives.

Cardiff University Glamorgan Building King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff CF10 3WA Wales, United Kingdom.

Connect with me on social media to follow my latest research on Indigenous history and colonial studies. Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn.

I’m an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, where I have developed the AHRC project proposal “Mapping Enslavement and Forced Labour in Colonial Latin America: Using AI to Unveil Hidden Slavery Sites and Experiences,” currently under evaluation. I’m also affiliated with the Centre de recherches sur les mondes Américains (EHESS, France) and collaborate with Lancaster University’s New Spain Fleets project.

My research focuses on early colonial Paraguay, Indigenous history, and digital humanities. I develop AI-driven methodologies to analyze colonial slavery and forced labor systems, particularly examining the experiences of enslaved Indigenous, African, and Afro-descendant peoples in 16th-19th century Paraguay. I combine Spanish paleography expertise with cutting-edge technologies like Handwritten Text Recognition and spatial analysis to uncover hidden historical narratives.

Previously, I was a Senior Research Associate for the Native Bound-Unbound Archive of Indigenous Slavery Project at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, and a Teaching Fellow in Colonial Latin American History at the University of Leeds. I served as a CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow for Data Curation at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University (2019-2020), where I developed the groundbreaking Indigenous Languages digital project.

I’ve also held policy positions with Paraguay’s Ministry of Culture (2017-2019), where I led UNESCO’s Indigenous Languages Year organization and assisted in repatriating stolen 16th-century manuscripts from the United States—work personally recognized by Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña Palacios during the official manuscript return ceremony.

I completed my PhD in Hispanic and Latin American Studies at Sorbonne University, my MA at Université Aix-Marseille, and spent time at Universidad de Granada through the ERASMUS program. I’m fluent in five languages (Spanish, French, English, Portuguese, Guarani) and serve on UKLAH’s executive board. I’ve conducted research and taught across six countries.

I share my research and findings through Indigenous Echoes, my social media initiative dedicated to promoting Indigenous history and decolonizing historical narratives, reaching over 5,300 followers across Facebook and Bluesky. You can also find my academic work on Academia.edu, where I regularly share research papers and engage with the academic community.

I share my research and findings through Indigenous Echoes, my social media initiative dedicated to promoting Indigenous history and decolonizing historical narratives, reaching over 5,300 followers across Facebook and Bluesky. You can also find my academic work on Academia.edu, where I regularly share research papers and engage with the academic community.

My 2018 book Entre la pluma y la cruz was selected as one of the best cultural items of the year by El Tiempo de Bogotá (Colombia). I regularly contribute to peer-reviewed journals, serve as a reviewer for multiple academic publications, and consult for V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project and UNESCO initiatives.

Cardiff University Glamorgan Building King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff CF10 3WA Wales, United Kingdom.

Connect with me on social media to follow my latest research on Indigenous history and colonial studies. Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn.